America is a delicate experiment of a multiracial, multireligious, multi-factional democracy, and pluralism — recognizing and validating difference — has always been crucial to fulfilling its promise.
But recently, American pluralism has been strained by the reorientation of our political debate to social issues tightly tethered to matters of personal identity and sacred beliefs. Beneath America’s intensifying discussions about race, immigration, gender identity, sexuality, and religion, Americans are grappling with the fundamental question of: “Who are we?”
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